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03272aam a2200349Ia 4500 001 CD967168210C11E8B41F702297128E48 003 SILO 005 20180306010350 008 060717r20051981nyu 000 1 eng d 020 $a 9780553211955 020 $a 0553211951 035 $a (OCoLC)70540548 040 $a ZS3 $b eng $c ZS3 $d OCLCQ $d ZCU $d DEBBG $d OCLCA $d ORX $d BDX $d OCLCF $d UPZ $d OCLCQ $d SILO 050 4 $a PS1302 $b .N385 2005 082 04 $a 813/.54 $2 22 084 $a HT 4701 $2 rvk 100 1 $a Twain, Mark, $d 1835-1910. 245 14 $a The complete short stories of Mark Twain / $c edited with an introduction by Charles Neider. 250 $a Bantam classic reissue ed. 260 $a New York : $b Bantam Books, $c 2005. 300 $a xxii, 814 pages ; $c 18 cm. 490 1 $a Bantam classic 520 $a This anthology covers the entire span of Twain's inimitable yarn-spinning, from his early broad comedy to the biting satire of his later years. Every one of his sixty stories is here: ranging from the frontier humor of "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," to the bitter vision of humankind in "The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg," to the delightful hilarity of "Is He Living or Is He Dead?" 505 00 $t The mysterious stranger. $t The story of the bad little boy -- $t Cannibalism in the cars -- $t A day at Niagara -- $t Legend of the Capitoline Venus -- $t Journalism in Tennessee -- $t A curious dream -- $t The facts in the great beef contract -- $t How I edited an agricultural paper -- $t A medieval romance -- $t My watch -- $t Political economy -- $t Science vs. luck -- $t The story of the good little boy -- $t Buck Fanshaw's funeral -- $t The story of the old ram -- $t Tom Quartz -- $t A trial -- $t The trials of Simon Erickson -- $t A true story -- $t Experience of the McWilliamses with membranous croup -- $t Some learned fables for good old boys and girls -- $t The canvasser's tale -- $t The loves of Alonzo Fitz Clarence and Rosannah Ethelton -- $t Edward Mills and George Benton: a tale -- $t The man who put up at Gadsby's -- $t Mrs. McWilliams and the lightning -- $t What stumped the bluejays -- $t A curious experience -- $t The invalid's story -- $t The McWilliamses and the burglar alarm -- $t The stolen white elephant -- $t A burning brand -- $t A dying man's confession -- $t The professor's yarn -- $t A ghost story -- $t Luck -- $t Playing courier -- $t The Californian's tale -- $t The diary of Adam and Eve -- $t The Esquimau maiden's romance -- $t Is he living or is he dead? -- $t The £1,000,000 bank-note -- $t Cecil Rhodes and the shark -- $t The joke that made Ed's fortune -- $t A story without an end -- $t The man that corrupted Hadleyburg -- $t The death disk -- $t Two little tales -- $t The belated Russian passport -- $t A double-barreled detective story -- $t The five boons of life -- $t Was it heaven? Or hell? -- $t A dog's tale -- $t The $30,000 bequest -- $t A horse's tale -- $t Hunting the deceitful turkey -- $t Extract from Captain Stormfield's visit to heaven -- $t A fable -- $t The mysterious stranger. 650 0 $a Short stories. 700 1 $a Neider, Charles, $d 1915-2001. 830 0 $a Bantam classic. 941 $a 2 952 $l GZPE631 $d 20240305014446.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20190611011422.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=CD967168210C11E8B41F702297128E48 994 $a C0 $b IW3Initiate Another SILO Locator Search